White Rock
All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.
City introduction
White Rock is a small seaside city in southwest British Columbia, in Metro Vancouver, beside the sandy beach and warm, shallow waters of Semiahmoo Bay. The City describes itself as a picturesque seaside community of 21,939 residents in a total area of about five square kilometres, located on the unceded territory of the Semiahmoo First Nation and the Coast Salish people. The City was established in 1957.
The waterfront is the centre of the community. The iconic White Rock Pier — 470 metres long, first built in 1914 — extends into Semiahmoo Bay, and a walkable 2.19-kilometre promenade runs along the beach past the large white rock known to the Semiahmoo First Nation as P'Quals, which gives the city its name. The waterfront, the Five Corners area and Uptown offer restaurants, shops and services, and the historic train station on the waterfront houses the White Rock Museum and Archives.
Source: City of White Rock — City of White Rock, About White Rock.
Combined chart
White Rock property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026
Bars: City of White Rock average property tax annual increase.
Lines: Canada inflation (Canada CPI annual average, Statistics Canada) and Canadian dollar Real CEER (Bank of Canada). CEER is on the separate right axis and is not a percentage.
- Line — Canada inflation (Statistics Canada CPI annual average)
- Line — Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
Data behind the chart
The data table below carries one row per year, in year order, with the tax increase, the inflation value and the CEER value for that year, or “No data” where a series has no verified figure.
| Year | City of White Rock average property tax increase | Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average | Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | No data | 1.1% | 110.0 |
| 2016 | No data | 1.4% | 108.4 |
| 2017 | No data | 1.6% | 110.0 |
| 2018 | No data | 2.3% | 109.3 |
| 2019 | No data | 1.9% | 108.6 |
| 2020 | No data | 0.7% | 108.0 |
| Year | City of White Rock average property tax increase | Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average | Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No data | 3.4% | 113.0 |
| 2022 | No data | 6.8% | 113.0 |
| 2023 | No data | 3.9% | 108.4 |
| 2024 | 4.82% | 2.4% | 107.6 |
| 2025 | No data | 2.1% | 104.9 |
| 2026 | 5.04% | No data | No data |
Sources for this chart:
- City of White Rock property tax increase, 2024: City of White Rock — official publication
- City of White Rock property tax increase, 2026: City of White Rock — official publication
- Canada inflation, 2015–2025: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. The 2026 annual average is not yet published.
- Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2025: Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100), source file; explainer, Canadian effective exchange rates. Each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.
Housing property-tax historical trend
The trend uses one measure only: the average property tax increase, with municipal, police/RCMP and asset/capital components combined as the City presents them. Each row is the figure for that year on that one measure. A year with no verified figure on that measure is shown as No data.
| Year | Figure |
|---|---|
| 2015 | No data |
| 2016 | No data |
| 2017 | No data |
| 2018 | No data |
| 2019 | No data |
| 2020 | No data |
| Year | Figure |
|---|---|
| 2021 | No data |
| 2022 | No data |
| 2023 | No data |
| 2024 | 4.82% |
| 2025 | No data |
| 2026 | 5.04% |
No single adopted average percentage for 2025 was located in the adopted bylaw or a final plan book: the 2025 drafts moved through several values (7.51% as originally budgeted in the 2024–2028 plan, reduced to 5.23%, then 5.5% with an added initiative, while the draft 2025–2029 plan was prepared assuming 4.94%), so 2025 is No data rather than one of the draft values. For 2023, the adopted plan book states a combined property tax and utility increase, which mixes scopes, and the March 2023 news notice states a proposed figure, so 2023 is also No data. The January 2024 draft plan proposed 6.14% for 2024; the adopted plan figure is 4.82%.
Separate note — tax rates, not the trend
This note is separate from the trend above and is not part of it. A residential tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value can move even when the levy increase is small, because the assessment base changes. Rate figures are therefore not used as the trend and are not mixed into the increase chart.
2026, Class 1 Residential, dollars of tax per $1,000 of taxable value (City of White Rock, 2026 Property Tax Rates, revised roll, approved by Council March 30, 2026):
| Component | Rate per $1,000 |
|---|---|
| Municipal general | 2.63757 |
| Library | 0.09249 |
| Municipal subtotal | 2.73006 |
| Metro Vancouver | 0.05719 |
| Province (school) | 1.13480 |
| TransLink | 0.35860 |
| BC Assessment | 0.03810 |
| Municipal Finance Authority | 0.00020 |
| Total | 4.31895 |
Source:: https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/12476
Method
This trend uses one metric only, every year: the average property tax increase, with municipal, police/RCMP and asset/capital components combined as the City presents them.
Where a city publishes an increase as components, the components are recorded in the scope notes; a total is used only where the city itself publishes it.
Canada inflation is Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. Canadian dollar Real CEER is Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100); each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value).
How to read this page
Bars are the White Rock average property tax increase. Lines are Canada inflation and Canadian dollar Real CEER.
The left axis is a percentage axis shared by the bars and the inflation line. The right axis is a separate index axis for Canadian dollar Real CEER only. CEER is an index and is not a percentage.
A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series, and a missing year breaks a line.
Tax rates per $1,000 are separate from the trend and are not charted.
Sources
- City of White Rock introduction: City of White Rock, About White Rock
- City of White Rock: City of White Rock, Pier & Promenade
- City of White Rock: official source
- City of White Rock: official source
- Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01: CPI annual average
- Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM: Real CEER source file
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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official City of White Rock source before relying on a figure.